by Sears Homes | Aug 29, 2015 | Uncategorized |
At first, I thought about titling this blog, “With a little help from my friends,” because – like so much of this research – I wouldn’t have much to write about if it wasn’t for fellow kit-house lovers who are always on the look-out...
by Sears Homes | Apr 4, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Last year, I was watching the movie “Nebraska” with my daughter Corey, when I asked her to hit pause for a moment. I jumped up, grabbed a camera and took a picture of the tv screen. My daughter quietly asked, “Sears House?” “Montgomery...
by Sears Homes | Mar 16, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Last week, my friend Cynthia (a fellow old-house lover!) drove me around Hampton, Virginia searching for kit homes from the early 20th Century. We had a wonderful morning and a lot of fun, but after 3-1/2 hours, I was worn out! We visited several early 1900s...
by Sears Homes | Dec 17, 2014 | Uncategorized |
You really should join us in the Sears Homes group on Facebook. The old house aficionados in that group are a wild and wooly bunch who really know how to have a good time! š After a recent blog on the “GVT Tower House” in Herndon and some very interesting...
by Sears Homes | Dec 16, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Recently, a fellow history lover (Carmen) sent me a photo of her 1954-built home and said that she’d heard it was a Jim Walters’ Home. I dragged out my lone Jim Walter Homes catalog (November 1971), and didn’t find a match. However, I had so much fun...
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